by InRO Staff Film InRO Monthly

February 2024 Roundup: Interviews, Essays, Reviews & More

March 4, 2024

Credit: Forensic Architecture

RETROSPECTIVES

#STRIKEGERMANY BERLINALE COUNTERPROGRAMMING: WRITINGS ON SELECTED WORKS FROM THE PALESTINIAN FILM ARCHIVE
ARTICLE: Over Their Dead Bosies & The Upper Gate [Arab Loutfi]WRITTEN BY: Zachary Goldkind
ARTICLE: Deep Sleep [Basma al-Sharif]WRITTEN BY: Jesse Catherine Webber
ARTICLE: Collected Short Films — Forensic ArchitectureWRITTEN BY: Daniel Gorman
ARTICLE: Here and Elsewhere [Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville]WRITTEN BY: Autumn Parker
ARTICLE: Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) [Suneil Sanzgiri]WRITTEN BY: Joshua Peinado
ARTICLE: Through Different Modes of Image-Creation: The Documentaries of Sobhi Al-ZobaidiWRITTEN BY: Michael Scoular
ARTICLE: 5 Broken Cameras [Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi]WRITTEN BY: Dhruv Goyal
ARTICLE: Chronicle of a Disappearance [Elia Suleiman]WRITTEN BY: Joshua Polanski
ARTICLE: The Land Speaks Arabic [Maryse Gargour]WRITTEN BY: Dhruv Goyal
ARTICLE: Measures of Distance [Mona Hatoum]WRITTEN BY: Grace Boschetti
ARTICLE: Jenin, Jenin [Mohammad Bakri]WRITTEN BY: Shar Tan


ESSAYS

STYLE AS POLITICAL SUBSTANCE, OR THE BOSNIAN MASTER: THE CASE FOR DANIS TANOVIĆ
FEATURE BY: Joshua Polanski


INTERVIEWS

REALITY VERY RARELY PROVIDES A NEAT ENDING: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANTOINE BOURGES
FEATURE BY: Conor Truax

LET’S BE IN THE MOMENT AND LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER JASON BELL
FEATURE BY: Esmé Holden


FESTIVAL COVERAGE

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

NEVERMORE

Credit: Sony/Columbia Industries

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
DIRECTOR: Michel Gondry — WRITTEN BY: Selina Lee

ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT
DIRECTOR: Stan Brakhage — WRITTEN BY: Michael Sicinski

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
DIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick — WRITTEN BY: Dhruv Goyal

Credit: Wilson Webb/Working Title/Focus Features

JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 2

SHE IS CONANN
DIRECTOR: Bertrand Mandico — REVIEW BY: Autumn Parker

THE PROMISED LAND
DIRECTOR: Nikolaj Arcel — REVIEW BY: ANkit Jhunjhunwala

ARGYLLE
DIRECTOR: Matthew Vaughn — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

DISCO BOY
DIRECTOR: Giacomo Abbruzzese — REVIEW BY: Joshua Peinado

SOMEWHERE QUIET
DIRECTOR: Olivia West Lloyd — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

HOW TO HAVE SEX
DIRECTOR: Molly Manning Walker — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

FITTING IN
DIRECTOR: Molly McGlynn — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

SKIN DEEP
DIRECTOR: Alex Schaad — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

SCRAMBLED
DIRECTOR: Leah McKendrick — REVIEW BY: Grace Boschetti

DARIO ARGENTO PANICO
DIRECTOR: Simone Scafidi — REVIEW BY: Grace Boschetti


FEBRUARY 5 – FEBRUARY 9

HERE
DIRECTOR: Bas Devos — REVIEW BY: Zachary Goldkind

THE MONK AND THE GUN
DIRECTOR: Pawo Choyning Dorji — REVIEW BY: Autumn Parker

DRIFT
DIRECTOR: Anthony Chen — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

OUT OF DARKNESS
DIRECTOR: Andrew Cumming — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

LISA FRANKENSTEIN
DIRECTOR: Zelda Williams — REVIEW BY: Steven Warner

SUNCOAST
DIRECTOR: Laura Chinn — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

ASHES
DIRECTOR: Erdem Tepegöz — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

LOLA
DIRECTOR: Nicole Peltz — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

MARMALADE
DIRECTOR: Keir O’Donnell — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

I LOVE YOU MORE
DIRECTOR: Erblin Nushi — REVIEW BY: Shar Tan

CAROLE & GREY
DIRECTOR: Jon Bass — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman


FEBRUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 16

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE
DIRECTOR: Reinaldo Marcus Green — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THIS IS ME… NOW: A LOVE STORY
DIRECTOR: Dave Meyers — REVIEW BY: Joshua Peinado

ONLOOKERS
DIRECTOR: Kimi Takesue — REVIEW BY: Zachary Goldkind

BLEEDING LOVE
DIRECTOR: Larry Fessenden — REVIEW BY: Shar Tan

THE URANIA TRILOGY
DIRECTOR: Tav Falco — REVIEW BY: Ryan Coleman

THE SPACE RACE
DIRECTOR: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza & Lisa Cortés — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

MONOLITH
DIRECTOR: Matt Vessely — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

LAND OF BAD
DIRECTOR: William Eubank — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman


FEBRUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 23

DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
DIRECTOR: Ethan Coen — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

ABOUT DRY GRASSES
DIRECTOR: Nuri Bulge Ceylan — REVIEW BY: Lawrence Garcia

IO CAPITANO
DIRECTOR: Matteo Garrone — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

STOPMOTION
DIRECTOR: Robert Morgan — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

CONCRETE VALLEY
DIRECTOR: Antoine Bourges — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

SEAGRASS
DIRECTOR: Meredith Hama-Brown — REVIEW BY: Conor Truax

RED RIGHT HAND
DIRECTOR: Eshom & Ian Nelms — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch